HP CIFS Server 3.0k Administrator's Guide version A.02.04

Samba Open Source Software and HP CIFS Server
Since the HP CIFS Server source is based on Samba open source software, it gains the advantages
of the evolutionary growth and improvement efforts of Samba developers around the world. In
addition, HP CIFS Server also provides the following support:
• Includes Samba defect fixes and features only when they meet expectations for enterprise
reliability.
• Provides HP developed defect fixes and enhancement requests for HP customers.
• Source is compiled and tuned specifically for the HP-UX platform and integrated with the
latest HP-UX environments.
• Adds customized scripts and Serviceguard templates for HP-UX environments.
• Provides documentation specifically for HP-UX users.
Flexibility
In order to accommodate a great variety of environments, HP CIFS Server provides many features
with hundreds of configuration options. Various management tools are available to establish
and control CIFS attributes. Chapter 14, “Tool Reference”, explains the management tools. Chapter
2, “Installing and Configuring the HP CIFS Server”, discusses the installation and configuration
process.
You must first understand the deployment environment and choose the appropriate features for
your server. The concept of “Samba Domain”, “Windows Domain”, and “Unified Domain”
models was developed to assist in deploying HP CIFS Server based on the particulars of various
popular network environments. Hence, Chapter 9, “HP CIFS Deployment Models”, describes
each model and the relevant configuration parameters required to establish servers in each
deployment model.
Windows domain concepts are applied within the deployment models. HP CIFS Servers can
participate in either older NT style or newer Windows 2003/Windows 2008 style domains. Chapter
4, “NT Style Domains”, describes how an HP CIFS Server can participate in an NT style domain.
Chapter 5, “Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Domains”, describes how an HP CIFS Server
joins a Windows 2003 or a Windows 2008 domain as an ADS domain member server.
HP CIFS Server manages a given configuration using a configuration file, /etc/opt/samba/
smb.conf (by default) which contains configuration parameters set appropriately for the specific
installation. HP CIFS Server must also maintain internal data (including Trivial Data Base (TDB))
files and log files in the /var/opt/samba directory (by default). See Table 1-2, Table 1-2 “Files
and Directory Description”, for the full HP CIFS Server product layout.
18 Introduction to the HP CIFS Server